Transcript for Royal insider Andrew Morton talks relationship with Princess Diana
THAT IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
>> CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW TO OUR "GMA"
COVER STORY.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THE ROYALS
AND THE NEW SEASON OF THE HIT
SHOW, "THE CROWN."
FUTURE JOURNALISTS KNOW THE
ROYAL FAMILY BETTER THAN ANDREW
MORTON AUTHOR OF "DIANA: HER
TRUE STORY."
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HER IS
DEPICTED IN THE SHOW AND HIS NEW
BOOK IS "THE QUEEN" AND HE'S
TALKING ABOUT IT THIS MORNING.
MAGGIE RULLI HAS MORE FROM
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
YEAH, ANDREW MORTON HAS THAT
BRAND-NEW BOOK ABOUT THE QUEEN'S
LIFE COMING OUT, BUT HE'S ALSO
BEEN A ROYAL INSIDER FOR DECADES
AND WITH "THE CROWN'S" NEW
SEASON DIVING INTO THE '90s.
EVERYONE WANTS TO GET HIS TAKE
ON THE SHOW AND FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
DURING HIS FAMOUS COLLABORATION
WITH PRINCESS DIANA.
>> READY?
>> I'M INCREDIBLY NERVOUS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, ROYAL
INSIDER ANDREW MORTON OPENING UP
ABOUT THE NEW SEASON OF
NETFLIX'S "THE CROWN."
>> ANDREW WANTED YOU TO START BY
EXPLAINING WHY YOU'RE DOING
THIS.
>> BECAUSE I'VE TRIED
EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: MORTON WAS ASKED TO
CONSULT ON THE EPISODE FEATURING
HIS ASTONISHING PARTNERSHIP WITH
PRINCESS DIANA AND THEIR
COLLABORATION BEHIND THE TELL
ALL BOOK "DIANA: HER TRUE
STORY".
>> SCRIPT WRITERS ASKED WHAT WAS
THE COLOR OF THE WALLPAPER IN MY
DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE I HAD AN OFFICE FOR
A TIME.
>> Reporter: THE SEASON FOCUSING
ON THE SO-CALLED WAR OF THE
WALES DURING THE '90s.
>> PRINCE CHARLES FAMOUSLY
REPLIED WHATEVER IN LOVE MEANS
AND ASKED IF HE WAS IN LOVE WITH
YOU.
HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
>> ABSOLUTELY TRAUMATIZED.
>> Reporter: "THE CROWN"
CRITICIZED FOR ITS FICTIONAL
TAKE ON THE LIVES OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY WITH CALLS FOR
DISCLAIMERS TO BE ADDED MAKING
IT CLEAR THAT IT'S FICTION, NOT
FACT.
MORTON SAYS HE WAS STUNNED BY
THE ACCURACY OF ELIZABETH
DEBICKI'S PORTRAYAL OF DIANA.
>> IT LEFT ME BREATHLESS.
AND IT TOOK ME BACK ALL THOSE
YEARS.
I MEAN, I DON'T SAY THIS VERY
OFTEN BUT I WAS SHAKEN.
>> LISTENED TO THE TAPES?
>> HE HAS AND HAVE SOME
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> WHAT DID HE THINK?
>> I THINK HE WAS A BIT SHOCKED.
>> WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE
TIME WAS HER SENSE OF ISOLATION,
HER SENSE OF DESPAIR INSIDE THE
ROYAL SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: AS THE SERIES
DETAILS THE REACTION TO HIS
FIRST BEST-SELLER MORTON HAS
WRITTEN ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY
FOR DECADES AND NOW IN HIS NEW
BOOK HE'S EXPLORING THE
INFLUENCE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II.
>> WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST ABOUT
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN SHE IS A
LIVING EMBLEM OF KEEP CALM AND
CARRY ON.
>> Reporter: THE QUEEN, HER
LIFE, PAINTING AN INTIMATE
PORTRAIT OF THE WOMAN BELOVED
FOR HER 70 YEARS ON THE THRONE.
>> I THINK THE BOOK IS A
COMPLETE PICTURE OF HER MAJESTY.
SHE WAS ONLY 25 WHEN SHE CAME TO
THE THRONE AND SHE BECAME THE
CEO OF GREAT BRITAIN INC. AND IT
WAS A TREMENDOUS TSUNAMI OF
RESPONSIBILITY THAT THREATENED
TO OVERWHELM HER AND THE BOOK
CHARTS THAT EXPLORATION.
>> Reporter: AND FOR THE LEGACY
SHE LEFT BEHIND.
>> I HOPE THAT READERS COME AWAY
WITH THE HUMAN BEING, SHE'S A
WOMAN, A GRANDMOTHER, A GREAT
GRANDMOTHER.
SHE HAS A COMPELLING STORY AND
HERZLICH HAS BEEN A COMPELLING
JOURNEY AND WE'RE ALL SAD THAT
SHE'S GONE.
>> Reporter: ANDREW SAYS
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE QUEEN'S
JOURNEY FROM A SHY 25-YEAR-OLD
TRANSFORMING INTO A POWERFUL
MONARCH WAS ABSOLUTELY
FASCINATING.
NOW HIS NEW BOOK IS OUT NEX
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